I live in Bangor, Northern Ireland, a seaside town where I was born and raised. I play gigs on Fridays and Sundays in the local bars - the Jamaica Inn and the Rabbit Rooms respectively. I cover mix of oldies from Johnny Cash to Johnny Rotten.

I like playing pool, drinking Guinness, going to gigs, eating spicy food, and designing stuff on my Macbook. My favourite bands are Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Kula Shaker and NOFX. Folk Dope is the title of my 2018 full length album available on mint green vinyl pressed by Feedbands. All songs are original compositions.

More tracks on other websites. Always looking to lay verses so pm me if your're interested. I produce also but aint had chance to recently so words only for the moment.

“Dockers and his band The Harland and Wolf Collective is as cool and charismatic as any homie from straight outta Compton but he does it all(his flow as the rap fraternity call their lines)in an untainted,unspoilt,original and recogniseably local accent,talking about err “shizz” that we can relate to.Even yer ma. So many rappers and wannabe hip-hop artists instinctively imagine that they’ve turned into a young,poor,black American gangsta once a mic is put in front of them and they just end up looking ridiculous and fooling no-one but themselves.Dockers on the other hand, has no such pretentions.He’s completely original, funny, clever and with more rhythm than you could shake a stick at and once he takes to the stage,no matter what the venue,the place is buzzing within minutes. But don’t just believe the hype,check him out for yourself ”
—  Frances A Burscough, Belfast Telegraph

Singer/songwriter/blip blopper/bluessmith/lover/inventor of the exclamation mark
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Just found out how to write a bit about myself....i have posted a few tracks up that are serious and a few funny ones.  If you dont get them, then fair enough but i hope you enjoyed the listen.  As for the bullshit EXPRESSION HAS NO ACCENT, remember that, and respect mine like i do others.

Bio
Barry Locke is a singer songwriter from Bangor Northern Ireland currently based in Donaghadee. The past two years have been crucially cathartic for Barry as he has busied himself with the completion of his debut album ‘O N E ‘, essentially an auto biographical concept album. Never having a shortage of things to write about Barry has always looked deftly inward in order to explore themes and narratives that can translate well yet remain completely relatable. The through line of this introverted exploration is concerning the very danger of ‘self ‘as an endless knot of indecision and resolve.

  “I have always found it difficult to ‘create’ things to sing about and so I have always looked inward to myself and my own experiences. As far as I’m concerned, I live in constant state of flux, at times moving inexorably betwixt several ‘self’s’ jostling for prime position in my past, present and future. 'O N E' refers to one and all, it's in everything I've ever done, or will do. It’s all about returning themes and contexts.”

Supported by a voice that provides power and impact Barry effortlessly endears to hold on to the comforting tonal graces of his home town whilst honestly portraying the raw emotions you’d expect to hear when a young man bares his soul.



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